The Grand Battle [Game Over!]

Originally posted on MSPA by Dragon Fogel.

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Amethyst!

The myriad voices in Eximo's mind called out at once. As they did, the void surrounding the last two contestants began to shift.

The fact that Amethyst was no longer here indicated that she was dead. The fact that Eximo had not been present to witness her death made it worse - instead, it could only imagine countless scenarios, which all played out simultaneously in the seemingly-infinite expanse of darkness.

One Amethyst was set ablaze by Drake Eon. Another was stabbed by Arnold Fogge. A third, crushed under a bookcase, pushed over by Ari. Yet another died to Lutherion, another to the demon lord... another had her head sliced off by guillotine... another, drowned in an endless sea...

Aeon was taken aback by the display. He saw his own fears of what might have happened playing out among Eximo's. One Amethyst was eaten by a spider, another sucked into a book, which was then torn into pieces... and as the two viewed each other's fears, new ones just as suddenly popped into existence.

Was this a trick of the Director's? Or was this world responding to their thoughts... Aeon wasn't sure, but he knew that right now, Eximo wasn't hostile. And that likely wouldn't last.